More tank pics, updated
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Brick puts a boss move on Bobo, crowding him against the glass to make him move. It worked. You can see the size comparison.
More Oscar antics. Brick suddenly stopped swimming, dropped to the bottom of the tank and plopped in front of Boss. He 'cuddled' for quite some time before swimming away. Boss seems pretty nonplussed about the whole thing...
My rainbow cichlid Pepper. His progress keeps moving at a great pace. He's bulking up nicely and coloring up now! You can see some yellow in his fins. In the second pic he has a shimmery blue/pink blush to him. Energetic, curious and fiesty. Not to mention greedy, he siphons food!
Felix my Acara is also doing well in QT. The orange border on his top fin has turned yellow! He's getting very silvery too. Also greedy, tries to eat more than his belly can handle!
Thanks everybody. My minor in college was photography, so I'm always thinking about layout presentation. Bobo is the hardest one to capture because his color shifts are so fast (often during the exposure) he'll look 'muddy' or 'fuzzy.' Brick's the only one who photographs well with direct back lighting. Boss has the most consistent color regardless of lighting. Cloudy water/reflections are a challenge and mess up exposures.
Using flash washes out Brick and makes him look bright orange (flash is yellower spectrum..yellow plus red = orange). Neutral/cool light shows his true red (to the point where it glows!)
Flash doesn't affect the color of the acara much because the blue/silver scales reflect light instead of absorbing it (metallic). Same situation with white colored fish. Main problem would be haze.
Patch (BP) has two main color phases, hot pink and pale pink. The bright/deep color photographs easier, the pale color goes either pink or orange in pictures.
I'll use a second light source sometimes to offset shadows that are too dark to show details.
So, tips (for those of you entering contests)
darker backgrounds/substrates intensify color
direct flash often adds 'yellow' to bold color fish...red turns orangeish, purple goes brownish, blue greenish, white yellowish. Black fish are not affected. Fish with black/gray can look muddy.
bluish light makes white fish 'cleaner' and intensifies fish with pink, purple, or blue tones. Makes black/white/gray fish super sharp.
reddish/warm light will make white fish look more cream colored.
This is why fish colors can look different in pictures than what your 'eyesight' tells you. Cameras have no perception and see light differently.
Using flash washes out Brick and makes him look bright orange (flash is yellower spectrum..yellow plus red = orange). Neutral/cool light shows his true red (to the point where it glows!)
Flash doesn't affect the color of the acara much because the blue/silver scales reflect light instead of absorbing it (metallic). Same situation with white colored fish. Main problem would be haze.
Patch (BP) has two main color phases, hot pink and pale pink. The bright/deep color photographs easier, the pale color goes either pink or orange in pictures.
I'll use a second light source sometimes to offset shadows that are too dark to show details.
So, tips (for those of you entering contests)
darker backgrounds/substrates intensify color
direct flash often adds 'yellow' to bold color fish...red turns orangeish, purple goes brownish, blue greenish, white yellowish. Black fish are not affected. Fish with black/gray can look muddy.
bluish light makes white fish 'cleaner' and intensifies fish with pink, purple, or blue tones. Makes black/white/gray fish super sharp.
reddish/warm light will make white fish look more cream colored.
This is why fish colors can look different in pictures than what your 'eyesight' tells you. Cameras have no perception and see light differently.
Patch proves that Divas must have privacy when they sleep...here, she takes a beauty nap under a pothos tree branch. I was able to locate some with giant leaves...she uses them for a hammock.
